Scripting News

Sun, 11 Apr 2004 00:49:07 GMT

The White House released the "Bin Laden Determined to Strike US" memo today. Josh Marshall comments.

Sun, 11 Apr 2004 01:35:09 GMT

AP: "President Bush was told more than a month before the Sept 11 attacks that al-Qaida had reached America's shores, had a support system in place for its operatives and that the FBI had detected suspicious activity that might involve a hijacking plot."

Sun, 11 Apr 2004 03:16:14 GMT

NY Times: "But the briefing did not point to any specific time or place of attack, and did not warn that planes could be used as missiles."

Sat, 10 Apr 2004 23:00:24 GMT

Peter Breuls would like to do a Dutch BloggerCon. I think that's a great idea. I would come. I also want to do a third, in the Bay Area. There was a lot of demand for that after the first, I expect there will be even more after the second. Kaye Trammell is planning one in New Orleans, next spring. Murphy-willing I'll be there too. Kaye says hers should be the 30th BC. As the Colonel in Scent of a Woman would say -- Hoo Hah!

Sat, 10 Apr 2004 16:38:14 GMT

Last year on this day: "What vision does it require to start a war?"

Sat, 10 Apr 2004 13:51:56 GMT

NY Times: "President Bush was told more than a month before the attacks of Sept 11, 2001, that supporters of Osama bin Laden planned an attack within the United States with explosives and wanted to hijack airplanes, a government official said Friday."

Sat, 10 Apr 2004 19:36:25 GMT

NYC neighborhoods have food as good as the downtowns of most big cities and the prices are better. I had a gyro sandwich for lunch today that was totally delicious. A gyro is the Greek version of the Dutch broodje, something which I will (knock wood) be eating before the end of this month. I guess every culture has a food made with bread, meat, some kind of vegetable and sauce. In NY the local equivalent is a roast beef on rye with lettuce and mayonaise. In Greece, it's roasted lamb and/or pork, with onions, parsley, a yogurt sauce sprinkled with paprika served on grilled pita. Done right, it's very sweet.

Sat, 10 Apr 2004 13:56:12 GMT

Globe and Mail: "Lessig convinced his publisher, Penguin Books, to allow his new book, Free Culture, to come into the world this spring under a Creative Commons licence."

Sat, 10 Apr 2004 12:11:30 GMT

Good morning from NYC. Gorgeous spring day here. Had dinner last night with Jay Rosen at Sammy's. Had a lovely Roumanian steak, salad, stuffed cabbage and potato latkes. Excellent conversation. This morning it's a gorgeous clear green spring morning. Brought three DVDs with me, watched Good Will Hunting yesterday on the plane, watching Scent of a Woman now.

Sat, 10 Apr 2004 12:21:11 GMT

Betsy Devine: "...get on with the confusing business of trying to be a good person with nobody up in heaven who's keeping score."